Framing Smart Nation: A moderated mediation analysis of frame-focus effects

The rise of smart cities has emerged as a key policy thread that unites various government agencies in pursuit of a common objective: to become a digital city. However, these smart initiatives generate tradeoffs between economic growth and privacy concerns, with emphasis placed on data sharing for i...

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Published inInformation, communication & society Vol. 23; no. 9; pp. 1274 - 1294
Main Authors Mak, Joan Kai-Lin, Cho, Hichang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 28.07.2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Computer security
Cybersecurity
Data retrieval
Economic development
Economic growth
Frame analysis
Framing
Government agencies
Information sharing
Innovations
media framing
Mediation
News
Privacy
regulatory focus theory
Smart cities
Surveillance
Vulnerability
Singapore
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Summary:The rise of smart cities has emerged as a key policy thread that unites various government agencies in pursuit of a common objective: to become a digital city. However, these smart initiatives generate tradeoffs between economic growth and privacy concerns, with emphasis placed on data sharing for innovation, and surveillance for cybersecurity purposes. This study examines media framing in Singapore's Smart Nation initiatives. A between-subject experiment investigated the effect of news frames (gain versus loss) and regulatory focus (prevention versus promotion) on respondents' (N = 157) opinions toward the Smart Nation. Gain frames were more effective when coupled with a promotion focus, and loss frames had a more impact when combined with a prevention focus. A moderated mediation analysis demonstrated support, attitudes, and perceived vulnerability mediated an interaction effect between gain/loss frames and regulatory focus, on the intention to participate in Smart Nation initiatives.
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ISSN:1369-118X
1468-4462
DOI:10.1080/1369118X.2018.1563204